Intro
At first, I didn't think I'd get this far. I thought I'd do one chapter and then kinda quit. I guess that shows in chapter two eh? Anyway, I hope your enjoying what I have so far. I'm introducing another new character today, courtesy of a friend. Hope you enjoy. Once again, none of the characters appearing in the Inuyasha TV show, manga, or other such Inuyasha publications do not belong to me in any way shape or form. Only original characters found in this fic can be considered mine. Thank you.
Chapter 4
***Part 1: Jericho***
"Finally, we're here...." Sango started. "Maybe now....we can..." She silenced herself. it had been three days since Kagome's demise, and they still have yet to even mentioned her name. "Anyhow....shall we look for the one those merchants told use about? What was his name...."
"Lutestring, I believe....Jericho Lutestring." Miroku chimed in. "He's supposed to be a bard of some sort....but he should be the one with the tablet that is supposed to be able to call back lost spirits...." His voice obviously held a tone of doubt in this Lutestring's ability.
"Where do we look then, Miroku?" Inuyasha spoke with a depressing tone. Those were the only words he had said all day.
"Well...places where bards are....town squares, fountains, inns, bars....anywhere a bunch of people are. Even a marketplace..." Miroku spoke lightly, but loud enough for them to hear. "I suppose it would be best were we to split up."
They all nodded in accordance, as Miroku went to the bars, Sango to the inns, Shippo to the marketplaces, and Inuyasha to the fountains and town square.
Sango pushed the door to the "Hai-Jin Inn" open, and stepped in, looking around a moment. It was extremely quite. The only living things there was the innkeeper, who was an old, sleeping man, and a dog. Not even the plants could qualify as alive. With a sigh, she left, looking for the next place.
Shippo, on the other hand, was having far less luck. Not only was the marketplace extremely crowded, his tail was getting stepped on, and no-one seemed to care, what with him being a demon. After dashing from stall to stall, he heard no music, or even anything other than the merchants peddling their wares.
He huffed for a moment "That's it...I give up. There's no way I can find someone in this place....I'm gonna tag along with one of the others...." With that, Shippo dashed away from the market, looking for any of the others.
Miroku wandered through the streets for several hours before he heard the plucking of a guitar string that emanated from the next block. "Excellent....with any luck...."
He ran towards the sound, and there, sitting out front of an abandoned building. was a man playing a guitar. He fit the description nigh unto perfectly; almost six feet tall, waist-long iron gray hair, young, at least mildly attractive.
"Bingo...." Miroku said as he approached the guitarist. "Greetings, good sir! I was looking for someone that seems to match your description..." He scratched at the back of his head in this moment of awkwardness.
The man looked up for a second, locking his dark brown eyes with Miroku. "Well....who are you looking for, friend?" A light grin crossed his face.
"Well, we were told his name was Jericho Lutestring....and that he had something in his possession that may be able to help us with a particular problem...." Miroku explained in a nonchalant way.
"Who's this "we" your talking about?" The guitar player got to his feet and swung the strapped guitar to his back, still looking to Miroku.
"Well, I came here with a few friends...you see...a friend of ours met with an unfortunate incident which caused...how should I say...a...premature death...We were told that you, or the one we are searching for, that is, had in his possession something that can raise the dead. We weren't told what...but all we really have to go on is a hunch, so we went with it." Miroku leaned up against the side of the building, watching the man carefully.
"Hmmm....and what exactly would you be willing to pay this man for his obviously magnificent item?" He grinned, making it obvious to Miroku that he was Jericho, but trying to keep lowbrow.
"Perhaps we should discuss such in private?" Miroku glanced around, noting to the man that there were many people in the streets that could hear their conversation. "I'm sure we could wait for them at an inn.....we could procure a large room....shall we?"
The man thought to himself for a second and shrugged his shoulders. "I can deal with that. Let us be off."
Miroku and the man who seemingly was Jericho made their way to one of the many inns within the village/city. After a relatively short amount of time, then Miroku bumped into Sango as she was leaving one.
"Out of the wa....oh, hi Miroku..." Sango looked at Jericho a moment. "Seems we found him eh? I'll go find the others. I'll be back in a minute!" She ran off, looking for Inuyasha and Shippo.
Inuyasha, unlike the others, seemed moderately unmotivated in this task. He was sitting at a fountain, looking to the floor, with Shippo continually bothering him about it.
"Come on, Inuyasha! We should at least try and find the guy, right? Don't you wanna help Kagome? Don't you wanna be happy again? Don't you wanna--" The little fox was cut off with a smack to the head by the much larger half demon.
"Shut up, Shippo.....I have no interest in hearing this...especially from you." Inuyasha crossed his arms and legs, and merely sat there, as Shippo quickly shut his mouth.
"Inuyasha!" Sango ran up to him and Shippo. "Miroku found him. Come on!" He grabbed hold of Inuyasha's hand and pulled him along, as Shippo followed closely behind.
***Part 2: Respite***
Sesshomaru lied on one of the large beds within Barbarossa's keep, still recovering from the wounds given to him by Inuyasha. He growled lightly and rubbed one of the cuts on his chest, still in disbelief that his younger brother could inflict such wounds.
"How could he possibly have gotten that powerful....so quickly?" He questioned to himself. "It was just a human girl! Nothing special....grrr...." With that, he sat up, and threw the covers aside, getting to his feet. "I must not let this happen again...."
"Take your time, Sesshomaru..." A voice from the shadows spoke, as Barbarossa stepped forward. "We have as much time as you need before we strike again. It troubles me how be got his powers though, as it does you....it seems nearly unfathomable for even a half demon to hold such regard for a human."
"I was hoping you could have made sense of it, brother...." Sesshomaru shook off a light headache and looked to Barbarossa. "What of the Tetsusaiga? I don't think I was in the best of shape to notice what happened...."
"It is in his possession again, brother. Worry not...we shall get it again. It was simple enough last time." Barbarossa turned and looked to a window, as the snow fell around his mountain-based fortress. "Just make sure you're ready to compete with that power again. If not, he may kill you next time."
"Don't coddle me, brother....I can handle myself...." Sesshomaru muttered to himself.
"Apparently to cannot handle yourself. Were it not for me, you would undoubtedly be dead. Show respect when respect is due, Sesshomaru. I'm doing you a favor here...." Barbarossa spoke with a commanding tone, before heading to the exit of Sesshomaru's temporary quarters.
Sesshomaru only growled lightly and lied back down on the bed. His wounds from the battle were still in full effect on his body. "One day....it will all be mine....neither of you will be able to stop me...."
Barbarossa silently walked to his throne, and sat lazily in it. "Why does that boy always need to defy me....if he were to just listen, this would have all been over." He sighed heavily. Slowly his eyes closed, but quickly opened again as a light swishing noise was heard.
The Gram slowly hovered towards Barbarossa and began to speak. "Mmmaaasssttteeerrr...wwwooouulllddd iiitt nnnoott bbbeee eeeaaasssiiieeerrr tttooo jjjuuusssttt kkkiiillllll ttthhheee yyyooouuunnngggeeerrr aaannnddd tttaaakkkeee hhhiiisss pppooowwweeerrr?" The sword spoke with it's sully tone.
"Normally I would take that suggestion, but you are just a blade. You don't understand the ties of blood. He is my brother....thus I owe him to protect him. it's what I am to do, I suppose." Barbarossa shrugs lightly, watching the sword.
"III uuunnndddeeerrrssstttaaannnddd nnnnooowww mmmaaasssttteeerrr. Ttthhhaaannnkkk yyyooouuu....." The Gram spoke lightly before floating back to the armory.
"Soon enough, the boy will die...and then we true blooded demons will rule.....Inuyasha knows not what he is truly battling..." Barbarossa laughed lightly to himself.
***Part 3: Payment***
Miroku stepped to the table where the rest were sitting with a plate of drinks. "All right, here are the drinks....now tell us, do you have what it is we seek? Or are we wasting our time?"
"Miroku!" Sango spouted out. "Manners...." She huffed lightly and grabbed a glass of orange juice.
"I apologize, my lady.....now Jericho....shall we get to business?"
"Sure...." The iron haired bard said lightly as he grabbed a choko of sake. "I have here a talisman..." He reached into his vest pocket and pulled out an iron amulet with a sun emblazoned on it. "This is said to resurrect the dead. The price will be rather steep..." He grinned lightly and looked to Inuyasha and Miroku.
"I don't like that look in your eyes, Lutestring....whadya want?" Inuyasha growled lightly.
"Come, Inuyasha....let me buy you a drink...." Jericho grinned some and let Inuyasha to the bar.
After about six hours of being in the bar, Miroku, Sango and Shippo were bored, but Inuyasha on the other hand, was very, very drunk. Miroku and Sango watched on in awe as Jericho lead Inuyasha upstairs to a room in the bar/inn. They only looked one another, shook their heads, and waited.
After two hours of waiting, the group decided it best to just call it a night, and meet up with Inuyasha and Jericho in the morning. Before reaching their rooms, Miroku looked to Sango for a moment. "You don't think that Jericho...and Inuyasha...."
Sango looked to him for a moment and shook his head. "No!" She shook her head once more and went into her room. Miroku shrugged his shoulders and went into his with Shippo.
The next morning, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo were waiting downstairs impatiently for Inuyasha and Lutestring. After a few minutes of eating a quick breakfast. Once they had collected their supplies and waited for a few moments, a tousle haired Inuyasha stumbled down the steps holding his head with both hands.
"Ooohhhh....what happened...." Inuyasha rubbed his head with one eye opened, and stumbled over to the group. "Where's Jericho? Shouldn't....shouldn't we be on our way?"
Miroku and Sango looked on to Inuyasha for a moment and then to each other. Shippo kept a puzzled look on his face, unaware of what may have happened the other night. "Uhh..." Sango started. "He should be down in a minute, I'm sure..."
Only a minute after she said that, Jericho walked nonchalantly down the stairs with a light grin on his face. "Alright....I suppose I can accept that." He looked to the others for a moment, and then reached into his vest, pulling out the amulet, and spinning it around by it's golden chain. "Shall we go find your friend, and restore her?"
Their cause seemed like nothing more than another day to him. "A little sure of himself, is he not?" Miroku whispered to Sango.
"Well....lets hope he has reason....." She spoke lightly, and nodded to him, and then to Jericho. "Yes, let us go. It should be a three or four day journey back to....where she was."
They all agreed lightly, and then walked out; Inuyasha still with his headache.
***Part 4: Restoration***
After a three day journey to Kaede's old village, they stopped just on the outskirts. Inuyasha sniffed the air lightly, awaiting an ambush.
"Is anything there, Inuyasha?" Shippo questioned. "Should we be careful?"
Inuyasha smacked Shippo on the head. "You should always be careful...but I don't think there's anything here. We can probably go on without any trouble." Inuyasha's voice was antsy. He couldn't wait to see Kagome again. That was abundantly obvious to them all.
"Well, are we gonna get this gone?" Jericho had a carefree smile. He spun the amulet around some and walked to the village.
"Yeah...let's get this over with." Inuyasha was trying to show off his cold side again, as if Kagome wasn't even a friend to him.
With a light sigh, they all walked to the village, ready to see their friend again. After walking through the empty streets for about ten minutes, they found the main battle site. The large holes in the ground, the path that Sesshomaru flew when Inuyasha hit him, and Kagome. It was particularly cold this month...so she was still in one piece, and in good condition. Scavanging animals were seemingly avoiding this area, perhaps because of residual energy left from the battle.
"Well well....I suppose this is the one I'm here for eh?" Jericho chuckled lightly and shook his head some. "Quite a shame...real pretty one, she was. Well....to work then." He smiled some and cracked his back, throwing his long hair off of his shoulders. "Now, if everyone would stand back, I'll get to work."
Miroku, Sango, and Shippo nodded and took about ten steps back, but Inuyasha stood firm. He didn't trust that bard for anything, and he intended to be right there when Kagome came too.
"Inuyasha, I'm going to have to ask you to step back like the others did. Another living thing in the area may upset the spell." Lutestring had an honest smile on his face. "Now please, I'd like to reunite you two as soon as possible this should only take but...oh, I'd say five minutes. Seven tops." He had the amulet in his hand as he said this.
"Yeah....but my eye is on you, bard. Just make it quick." Inuyasha growled some and stepped back with the other, and nodded lightly.
"Yes yes...now, where was I..."
Jericho held the amulet up to the sky, and matched it to the sun, and started to chant or mumble. it was indecipherable which it really was. After a minute or two, a beam of light fired down from the sky at the bard, and the amulet he held seemed to absorb it. The light died down a moment later, and the amulet retained the glow.
"Well, half the work is done....but the other half is actually quite easy, or so sayeth that merchant." He chuckled some as a serious look overtook his face.
He walked to Kagome and crouched down before her. Rubbing at the amulet nervously, he shrugged and held it out the her body. After two minutes of nothing happening, he reached a little further and touched it to her chest. The light seemed to explode out of the amulet and bathe Kagome's body in it. It was blinding to all within the area.
It took ten minutes for everyone to gain their eyesight back. Inuyasha was the first to dare to open his eyes, but what he saw overtook him. Jericho was leaning up against the tree, but Kagome was starting to sit up. She was alive, and in one piece no less.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled out and ran to her, sliding to his knees before her, hugging her tightly. "Thank the gods..."
End of Chapter 4
Sorry for the extreme lateness in this chapters coming. I hit a major writers block...that and the heat in my room was driving me buts, so I didn't have a very good writing environment. Hopefully I'll have chapter 5 up and coming tonight....or maybe tomorrow. Peace be with you all.
At first, I didn't think I'd get this far. I thought I'd do one chapter and then kinda quit. I guess that shows in chapter two eh? Anyway, I hope your enjoying what I have so far. I'm introducing another new character today, courtesy of a friend. Hope you enjoy. Once again, none of the characters appearing in the Inuyasha TV show, manga, or other such Inuyasha publications do not belong to me in any way shape or form. Only original characters found in this fic can be considered mine. Thank you.
Chapter 4
***Part 1: Jericho***
"Finally, we're here...." Sango started. "Maybe now....we can..." She silenced herself. it had been three days since Kagome's demise, and they still have yet to even mentioned her name. "Anyhow....shall we look for the one those merchants told use about? What was his name...."
"Lutestring, I believe....Jericho Lutestring." Miroku chimed in. "He's supposed to be a bard of some sort....but he should be the one with the tablet that is supposed to be able to call back lost spirits...." His voice obviously held a tone of doubt in this Lutestring's ability.
"Where do we look then, Miroku?" Inuyasha spoke with a depressing tone. Those were the only words he had said all day.
"Well...places where bards are....town squares, fountains, inns, bars....anywhere a bunch of people are. Even a marketplace..." Miroku spoke lightly, but loud enough for them to hear. "I suppose it would be best were we to split up."
They all nodded in accordance, as Miroku went to the bars, Sango to the inns, Shippo to the marketplaces, and Inuyasha to the fountains and town square.
Sango pushed the door to the "Hai-Jin Inn" open, and stepped in, looking around a moment. It was extremely quite. The only living things there was the innkeeper, who was an old, sleeping man, and a dog. Not even the plants could qualify as alive. With a sigh, she left, looking for the next place.
Shippo, on the other hand, was having far less luck. Not only was the marketplace extremely crowded, his tail was getting stepped on, and no-one seemed to care, what with him being a demon. After dashing from stall to stall, he heard no music, or even anything other than the merchants peddling their wares.
He huffed for a moment "That's it...I give up. There's no way I can find someone in this place....I'm gonna tag along with one of the others...." With that, Shippo dashed away from the market, looking for any of the others.
Miroku wandered through the streets for several hours before he heard the plucking of a guitar string that emanated from the next block. "Excellent....with any luck...."
He ran towards the sound, and there, sitting out front of an abandoned building. was a man playing a guitar. He fit the description nigh unto perfectly; almost six feet tall, waist-long iron gray hair, young, at least mildly attractive.
"Bingo...." Miroku said as he approached the guitarist. "Greetings, good sir! I was looking for someone that seems to match your description..." He scratched at the back of his head in this moment of awkwardness.
The man looked up for a second, locking his dark brown eyes with Miroku. "Well....who are you looking for, friend?" A light grin crossed his face.
"Well, we were told his name was Jericho Lutestring....and that he had something in his possession that may be able to help us with a particular problem...." Miroku explained in a nonchalant way.
"Who's this "we" your talking about?" The guitar player got to his feet and swung the strapped guitar to his back, still looking to Miroku.
"Well, I came here with a few friends...you see...a friend of ours met with an unfortunate incident which caused...how should I say...a...premature death...We were told that you, or the one we are searching for, that is, had in his possession something that can raise the dead. We weren't told what...but all we really have to go on is a hunch, so we went with it." Miroku leaned up against the side of the building, watching the man carefully.
"Hmmm....and what exactly would you be willing to pay this man for his obviously magnificent item?" He grinned, making it obvious to Miroku that he was Jericho, but trying to keep lowbrow.
"Perhaps we should discuss such in private?" Miroku glanced around, noting to the man that there were many people in the streets that could hear their conversation. "I'm sure we could wait for them at an inn.....we could procure a large room....shall we?"
The man thought to himself for a second and shrugged his shoulders. "I can deal with that. Let us be off."
Miroku and the man who seemingly was Jericho made their way to one of the many inns within the village/city. After a relatively short amount of time, then Miroku bumped into Sango as she was leaving one.
"Out of the wa....oh, hi Miroku..." Sango looked at Jericho a moment. "Seems we found him eh? I'll go find the others. I'll be back in a minute!" She ran off, looking for Inuyasha and Shippo.
Inuyasha, unlike the others, seemed moderately unmotivated in this task. He was sitting at a fountain, looking to the floor, with Shippo continually bothering him about it.
"Come on, Inuyasha! We should at least try and find the guy, right? Don't you wanna help Kagome? Don't you wanna be happy again? Don't you wanna--" The little fox was cut off with a smack to the head by the much larger half demon.
"Shut up, Shippo.....I have no interest in hearing this...especially from you." Inuyasha crossed his arms and legs, and merely sat there, as Shippo quickly shut his mouth.
"Inuyasha!" Sango ran up to him and Shippo. "Miroku found him. Come on!" He grabbed hold of Inuyasha's hand and pulled him along, as Shippo followed closely behind.
***Part 2: Respite***
Sesshomaru lied on one of the large beds within Barbarossa's keep, still recovering from the wounds given to him by Inuyasha. He growled lightly and rubbed one of the cuts on his chest, still in disbelief that his younger brother could inflict such wounds.
"How could he possibly have gotten that powerful....so quickly?" He questioned to himself. "It was just a human girl! Nothing special....grrr...." With that, he sat up, and threw the covers aside, getting to his feet. "I must not let this happen again...."
"Take your time, Sesshomaru..." A voice from the shadows spoke, as Barbarossa stepped forward. "We have as much time as you need before we strike again. It troubles me how be got his powers though, as it does you....it seems nearly unfathomable for even a half demon to hold such regard for a human."
"I was hoping you could have made sense of it, brother...." Sesshomaru shook off a light headache and looked to Barbarossa. "What of the Tetsusaiga? I don't think I was in the best of shape to notice what happened...."
"It is in his possession again, brother. Worry not...we shall get it again. It was simple enough last time." Barbarossa turned and looked to a window, as the snow fell around his mountain-based fortress. "Just make sure you're ready to compete with that power again. If not, he may kill you next time."
"Don't coddle me, brother....I can handle myself...." Sesshomaru muttered to himself.
"Apparently to cannot handle yourself. Were it not for me, you would undoubtedly be dead. Show respect when respect is due, Sesshomaru. I'm doing you a favor here...." Barbarossa spoke with a commanding tone, before heading to the exit of Sesshomaru's temporary quarters.
Sesshomaru only growled lightly and lied back down on the bed. His wounds from the battle were still in full effect on his body. "One day....it will all be mine....neither of you will be able to stop me...."
Barbarossa silently walked to his throne, and sat lazily in it. "Why does that boy always need to defy me....if he were to just listen, this would have all been over." He sighed heavily. Slowly his eyes closed, but quickly opened again as a light swishing noise was heard.
The Gram slowly hovered towards Barbarossa and began to speak. "Mmmaaasssttteeerrr...wwwooouulllddd iiitt nnnoott bbbeee eeeaaasssiiieeerrr tttooo jjjuuusssttt kkkiiillllll ttthhheee yyyooouuunnngggeeerrr aaannnddd tttaaakkkeee hhhiiisss pppooowwweeerrr?" The sword spoke with it's sully tone.
"Normally I would take that suggestion, but you are just a blade. You don't understand the ties of blood. He is my brother....thus I owe him to protect him. it's what I am to do, I suppose." Barbarossa shrugs lightly, watching the sword.
"III uuunnndddeeerrrssstttaaannnddd nnnnooowww mmmaaasssttteeerrr. Ttthhhaaannnkkk yyyooouuu....." The Gram spoke lightly before floating back to the armory.
"Soon enough, the boy will die...and then we true blooded demons will rule.....Inuyasha knows not what he is truly battling..." Barbarossa laughed lightly to himself.
***Part 3: Payment***
Miroku stepped to the table where the rest were sitting with a plate of drinks. "All right, here are the drinks....now tell us, do you have what it is we seek? Or are we wasting our time?"
"Miroku!" Sango spouted out. "Manners...." She huffed lightly and grabbed a glass of orange juice.
"I apologize, my lady.....now Jericho....shall we get to business?"
"Sure...." The iron haired bard said lightly as he grabbed a choko of sake. "I have here a talisman..." He reached into his vest pocket and pulled out an iron amulet with a sun emblazoned on it. "This is said to resurrect the dead. The price will be rather steep..." He grinned lightly and looked to Inuyasha and Miroku.
"I don't like that look in your eyes, Lutestring....whadya want?" Inuyasha growled lightly.
"Come, Inuyasha....let me buy you a drink...." Jericho grinned some and let Inuyasha to the bar.
After about six hours of being in the bar, Miroku, Sango and Shippo were bored, but Inuyasha on the other hand, was very, very drunk. Miroku and Sango watched on in awe as Jericho lead Inuyasha upstairs to a room in the bar/inn. They only looked one another, shook their heads, and waited.
After two hours of waiting, the group decided it best to just call it a night, and meet up with Inuyasha and Jericho in the morning. Before reaching their rooms, Miroku looked to Sango for a moment. "You don't think that Jericho...and Inuyasha...."
Sango looked to him for a moment and shook his head. "No!" She shook her head once more and went into her room. Miroku shrugged his shoulders and went into his with Shippo.
The next morning, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo were waiting downstairs impatiently for Inuyasha and Lutestring. After a few minutes of eating a quick breakfast. Once they had collected their supplies and waited for a few moments, a tousle haired Inuyasha stumbled down the steps holding his head with both hands.
"Ooohhhh....what happened...." Inuyasha rubbed his head with one eye opened, and stumbled over to the group. "Where's Jericho? Shouldn't....shouldn't we be on our way?"
Miroku and Sango looked on to Inuyasha for a moment and then to each other. Shippo kept a puzzled look on his face, unaware of what may have happened the other night. "Uhh..." Sango started. "He should be down in a minute, I'm sure..."
Only a minute after she said that, Jericho walked nonchalantly down the stairs with a light grin on his face. "Alright....I suppose I can accept that." He looked to the others for a moment, and then reached into his vest, pulling out the amulet, and spinning it around by it's golden chain. "Shall we go find your friend, and restore her?"
Their cause seemed like nothing more than another day to him. "A little sure of himself, is he not?" Miroku whispered to Sango.
"Well....lets hope he has reason....." She spoke lightly, and nodded to him, and then to Jericho. "Yes, let us go. It should be a three or four day journey back to....where she was."
They all agreed lightly, and then walked out; Inuyasha still with his headache.
***Part 4: Restoration***
After a three day journey to Kaede's old village, they stopped just on the outskirts. Inuyasha sniffed the air lightly, awaiting an ambush.
"Is anything there, Inuyasha?" Shippo questioned. "Should we be careful?"
Inuyasha smacked Shippo on the head. "You should always be careful...but I don't think there's anything here. We can probably go on without any trouble." Inuyasha's voice was antsy. He couldn't wait to see Kagome again. That was abundantly obvious to them all.
"Well, are we gonna get this gone?" Jericho had a carefree smile. He spun the amulet around some and walked to the village.
"Yeah...let's get this over with." Inuyasha was trying to show off his cold side again, as if Kagome wasn't even a friend to him.
With a light sigh, they all walked to the village, ready to see their friend again. After walking through the empty streets for about ten minutes, they found the main battle site. The large holes in the ground, the path that Sesshomaru flew when Inuyasha hit him, and Kagome. It was particularly cold this month...so she was still in one piece, and in good condition. Scavanging animals were seemingly avoiding this area, perhaps because of residual energy left from the battle.
"Well well....I suppose this is the one I'm here for eh?" Jericho chuckled lightly and shook his head some. "Quite a shame...real pretty one, she was. Well....to work then." He smiled some and cracked his back, throwing his long hair off of his shoulders. "Now, if everyone would stand back, I'll get to work."
Miroku, Sango, and Shippo nodded and took about ten steps back, but Inuyasha stood firm. He didn't trust that bard for anything, and he intended to be right there when Kagome came too.
"Inuyasha, I'm going to have to ask you to step back like the others did. Another living thing in the area may upset the spell." Lutestring had an honest smile on his face. "Now please, I'd like to reunite you two as soon as possible this should only take but...oh, I'd say five minutes. Seven tops." He had the amulet in his hand as he said this.
"Yeah....but my eye is on you, bard. Just make it quick." Inuyasha growled some and stepped back with the other, and nodded lightly.
"Yes yes...now, where was I..."
Jericho held the amulet up to the sky, and matched it to the sun, and started to chant or mumble. it was indecipherable which it really was. After a minute or two, a beam of light fired down from the sky at the bard, and the amulet he held seemed to absorb it. The light died down a moment later, and the amulet retained the glow.
"Well, half the work is done....but the other half is actually quite easy, or so sayeth that merchant." He chuckled some as a serious look overtook his face.
He walked to Kagome and crouched down before her. Rubbing at the amulet nervously, he shrugged and held it out the her body. After two minutes of nothing happening, he reached a little further and touched it to her chest. The light seemed to explode out of the amulet and bathe Kagome's body in it. It was blinding to all within the area.
It took ten minutes for everyone to gain their eyesight back. Inuyasha was the first to dare to open his eyes, but what he saw overtook him. Jericho was leaning up against the tree, but Kagome was starting to sit up. She was alive, and in one piece no less.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled out and ran to her, sliding to his knees before her, hugging her tightly. "Thank the gods..."
End of Chapter 4
Sorry for the extreme lateness in this chapters coming. I hit a major writers block...that and the heat in my room was driving me buts, so I didn't have a very good writing environment. Hopefully I'll have chapter 5 up and coming tonight....or maybe tomorrow. Peace be with you all.